Art & Culture July 24, 2018 3

This Day in History (July 24) Fakhimzadeh to Resume Shooting New Film (IFilm) -- Famed Iranian director Today is Tuesday; 2nd of the Iranian month of Mordad 1397 solar hijri; corresponding to 10th of the Islamic month of Zil-Qa’dah 1439 lunar hijri; and July 24, 2018, of the Christian Mehdi Fakhimzadeh recently injured in an Gregorian Calendar. accident is likely to resume shooting his new film 1050 lunar years ago, on this day in 389 AH, the Iranian Samanid of Central Asia soon. and Khorasan collapsed with the fall of its capital Bukhara (currently in Uzbekistan) to the Producer Khosrow Amir-Sadeghi said to local Turkic chieftain Ilak Khan, son of Bughra Khan Qarakhanid, after 185 years of rule. 870 solar years ago, on this day in 1148 AD, European Christian invaders started the siege media on Monday that “his general health condition of Damascus during the Second Crusade, but thanks to the stiff resistance of the Muslim is good and he is likely to get back for shooting the defenders and the timely arrival of fresh forces led by the Turkic ruler, Noor od-Din Zangi, last scenes of ‘The Final Fist’ flick,” referring to they were decisively defeated five days later, resulting in the disintegration of the crusade that was led by King Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany. Fakhimzadeh’s last offering in development. 613 lunar years ago, on this day in 826 AH, the astronomer and mathematician, Sibt al- “He may well visit cinema personalities Maridini, was born in Egypt. Named Mohammad by his father Mohammad Ibn al-Ghazal, his to appreciate them for being worried about the mother was the daughter of the reputed astronomer, Abdullah al-Mardini; hence he became known as “Sibt al-Maridini”. He authored some fifty treatises in astronomy (sine quadrants, director’s health,” Amir-Sadeghi added. sundials, astronomical tables and prayer times) and wrote at least twenty-three books on A while back, ‘Asleep and Awake’ director met mathematics. Among his works are “Sharh ar-Rahbiyah” and “Daqa’eq al-Haqa’eq”. with an accident during filming his latest offering. 513 solar years ago, on this day in 1505 AD, Portuguese marauders on their way to The famed actor/director Fakhimzadeh had a India, after discovering the sea route round the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of southern Africa with the help of Muslim navigators, whom they treacherously killed, sacked collision with a motorbike while on his bike in the flourishing Muslim city-state of Kilwa on the eastern coast of Africa (in what is now Mehdi Fakhimzadeh is seen during the shooting of a film. northern part of the country. Tanzania), and killed the sultan for refusing to pay them enough money. 409 lunar years ago, on this day in 1030 AH, the famous jurisprudent, Shaikh Fakhr od-Din Mohammad Ibn Shaikh Hassan, a grandson of the celebrated Shaikh Zayn od-Din Shaheed Thani (the Second Martyr), passed away in holy Mecca and was laid to rest in the now destroyed Jannat al-Mu’alla Cemetery near the tomb of Omm al-Momineen, Hazrat ‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ Gets Critical Review Khadija (peace upon her), the loyal wife of Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him TEHRAN (IFilm) -- The The director explained that going to The film is about Nur, a female international festival of documentary and his progeny). He lived most of his life in Mecca and was a prolific writer. Among his Documentary and Experimental he knew the difficulties to talk journalist who covers stories cinema organized by the DEFC. works are commentaries on Shaikh at-Ta’efa Tusi’s “al-Istibsaar” and “at-Tahzeeb” – two of Film Center (DEFC) has reviewed to women who had fought Daesh, about Syrian and Iraqi women and It also brought Farahmand the the four principal books of hadith and jurisprudence. This talented grandson of the Second Iranian director Reza Farahmand’s but meeting Nur el-Helli evolved the children in the war against the Daesh award for best director in the national Martyr was also an excellent poet in Arabic and has written a moving elegy on the Chief of acclaimed documentary “Women situation. terrorists. competition section. Martyrs, Imam Husain (AS) – which Shaikh Hurr al-Ameli has included in his book “Amal with Gunpowder Earrings”. “The audience members watch war In December 2017, the film won The doc will compete at the 71st al-Amel”. Farahmand and film critic Omid scenes of ‘Women with Gunpowder the best feature-length documentary edition of the Locarno International 235 solar years ago, on this day in 1783 AD, expansionist Russia, taking advantage Najvan attended the review session Earrings’ that they have not seen so award at the 11th edition of the Film Festival in Switzerland on of the internal power struggle in Iran between the Zand Dynasty and Qajar warlord, on Saturday at the DEFC. often,” Najvan said. Cinema Verite, Iran’s major August 1-11, 2018. Agha Mohammad Khan, duped in the name of Christianity to renege its age- old traditional ties with the Persian , by imposing the Treaty of Georgievsk. The humiliating treaty stipulated that Georgia will not have any diplomatic ties with any country without the approval of Russia, and that every new Georgian ruler would require Script and Print Museum, a Must-See for Art Lovers the confirmation of the Czar. The results of the Treaty of Georgievsk proved disastrous for the Georgians. TEHRAN (IFP) -- Iran’s Script and The museum’s seventh to ninth sections 235 solar years ago, on this day in 1783 AD, the famous South American revolutionary, Print Museum is one of the most are devoted to photo printing techniques Simon Bolivar, was born in the capital of present day Venezuela, Caracas. He liberated spectacular and fascinating places where in the printing industry, including the many South American lands from Spanish colonial rule, and was elected president of the a tourist can spend his or her time. introduction of photography glasses, Federation of Greater Colombia that included present day Colombia, Venezuela, Panama The museum is located on the 30th photography devices such as the German- and Ecuador. Soon Bolivar led the revolutionaries to liberate Peru, followed by the land Tir Street downtown Tehran. The made old cameras and the 1973 Toyota named today in his honour as Bolivia. He dreamt of unity of South America within a neighborhood is one of the most prosperous camera manufactured by Japan, among federation but failed to fulfill his goal. He died in 1830. passageways in Tehran, where many others. 216 solar years ago, on this day in 1802 AD, French author, Alexandre Dumas, was born. people come to do their job and spend their In the next sections, one can see He wrote numerous novels on the French Revolution and history based on the memoirs of time during the day and night. bookbinding techniques from the past to his father, who was an army general. Among his books, mention can be made of “The Three The Script and Print Museum is a subset contemporary times. In the last section Musketeers”, and “The Count of Monte Cristo”. He was also a highly skilled playwright and of Library, Museum, and Document of the exhibition, the contemporary era has written a number of famous plays. He died in 1870. Center of the Parliament, and is located examples of print works and the digital age 107 solar years ago, on this day in 1911 AD, Machu Picchu, “the Lost City of the in a building of the National Library. computer techniques in publishing, as well Incas” was rediscovered by American historian Hiram Bingham. It was the place Its corners have different memorials as the publication of texts on the Internet in Peru where the last Incan Emperors found refuge from the Spanish invaders of from the Qajar period and their printing and cyberspace are briefly presented so that South America. machines. the evolution of the printing industry can be 97 solar years ago, on this day in 1921 AD, The League of Nations arbitrarily Amin Ali Jahani, the director of the introduced. handed over to Britain the mandate to govern the former Ottoman provinces museum, says the Parliament’s print of Palestine, Iraq, and Transjordan, while France was given control of Syria and house is the oldest major printing house Lebanon, as per the plan drawn to traumatize the fate of Muslim lands after World in the country. There exists a brilliant Nature of Iran: Quri Qala Cave War 1 and to finally implant in the region the illegal Zionist entity called Israel. record of publishing books and various TEHRAN (IFP) -- Quri Qala Cave, 95 solar years ago, on this day in 1923 AD, the Treaty of Lausanne was signed publications, as well as the machines of the longest of its kind in the Middle in Switzerland and imposed upon to settle the conflict that had originally that era. Visiting this museum can help East with a history of 65 million years, existed between the and the , the French Republic, visitors get familiar with the evolution of is located in Kermanshah province, the Kingdom of Italy, the Kingdom of Greece, and the Kingdom of Romania since the print industry in Iran. western Iran. the onset of World War I. It replaced the failed Treaty of Sevres, which was signed “The museum is divided into 14 The cave is located 25 km from by all previous parties but later rejected by the Turkish national movement which sections in seven parts: the history of Ravansar on the slopes of Shahu fought against its terms and the loss of territory. books in Iran, the beginning of printing Mountain, overlooking the Ravansar- 76 solar years ago, on this day in 1944 AD, Operation Gomorrah was launched in Iran, printing machines, printing Paveh road and in a village with the by the Allied air forces against the hapless German city of Hamburg during World houses, printing of photographs, binding, same name. War 2, with the British and Canadian planes bombarding at night and the American and book publishing and printing in the It was first explored in the 1950s, and aircraft bombarding in the day. digital age and contemporary era; and in in 1989 was further opened by an Iranian 55 solar years ago, on this day in 1963 AD, following the illegal imprisonment each of these parts one can find the oldest team. It has three main chambers, with of the Father of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini (RA) by the British- machineries,” added Jahani. calcite crystals, stalactites and waterfalls. installed and US-backed Pahlavi regime, leading ulema of the holy cities of The first exhibition space of the The cave is known for its colony of and converged on Tehran and released a statement acknowledging his museum is the section allocated to the mouse-eared bats, and for a number of religious authority as Marja’ or Source of Emulation for Muslims. The regime, in a history of writing in Iran, which dates archaeological findings, including silver bid to pacify the protesting masses, shifted the Imam from prison to a house where back to the beginning of the time of plates of the late Sassanid period. he continued to be kept under detention. The people and ulema, however, refused to writing in Iran, i.e. from 3,000 BCE till be deceived and continued their protests. The regime panicked and sent the Imam the beginning of traditional Iranian book into exile to neighbouring Turkey, from where a year later he moved to holy Najaf publishing. in Iraq. In this section, clay tablets and stamps 26 solar years ago, on this day in 1992 AD, in Bosnia, Serb prison guards at a of Proto-Elamite, Elamite writing system, former ceramics factory of Keraterm, fired machine guns through metal doors of Elamite cuneiform scripts, Persian “Room 3” where over 200 Muslim prisoners were held. The carnage continued for cuneiform scripts, Middle Persian scripts hours. In 2001 Dusko Sikirica the former Serb camp commander, along Dragan including Pahlavi and Sassanid Pahlavi Kolundzija and Damir Dosen was tried at the International Criminal Court in Hague inscriptions, as well as Avestan scripts for the slaughter. Sikirica was sentenced to a mere 15 years in prison for the mass could be seen. murder, while Dosen and Kolundzija were let off with more lighter 5 and 3 year The second section of the museum sentences. Around 3,000 detainees, mainly Bosniak Muslims, passed through the focuses on historical schools of traditional Keraterm concentration camp located outside the city of Prijedor. The detainees, book writing in Iran during the Islamic who lived in an atmosphere of terror and constant fear, were subjected to daily era with works such as the scripts of the physical violence, constant humiliation, degradation, inhumane conditions, and fear early Islamic centuries (Qur’anic scripts of death. Severe beatings were commonplace. All manner of weapons were used written in Kufic), the Seljuk era scientific during these beatings, including wooden batons, metal rods, baseball bats, lengths of books, the Iranian painting and calligraphy thick industrial cable that had metal balls affixed to the end, rifle butts, and knives. schools with works of Tabriz’s Ilkhani The 15-to-60 year old Muslim detainees were subject to killings, beatings, sexual school, Herat’s Timurid school, Tabriz’s assaults, and other cruel and humiliating actions. Safavid school, ’s Safavid school 17 solar years ago, on this day in 2001 AD, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last and Qajar school. Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, was sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, The third section is about the beginning becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic of printing in Iran. This section deals with election to a different office. how the printing industry enters Iran and 7 solar years ago, on this day in 2011 AD, in Iran, a pair of US-Zionist agents lithographic printing practices start in the firing from a motorcycle martyred 35-year Dariush Rezaei-Nejad, an electronics country. masters’ student at Khwajeh Naseer University in Tehran. He was driving home One of the most attractive parts of the with his wife (Shohreh Pirani) after picking up their daughter from kindergarten. His museum is the fourth and fifth sections of wife was also wounded in the attack. Rezaei-Nejad was the fourth scientist killed by the museum which focus on the printing bomb, gunshot or poisoning by US-Israelis funded terrorists since 2007. The pair machinery, and have occupied the largest of terrorists, riding a motor cycle had actually been assigned to assassinate Dariush space of the museum. Rezaei, a physics professor whose area of expertise was neutron transport, but The sixth section of the museum located targeted Rezaei-Nejad instead. On August 2, 2011, German news website Spiegel in the basement of this complex is the live Online published an article titled “Mossad behind Tehran Assassinations.” show of an old print shop, in which printers are set up to show the space of a print house Workers carry out their daily chores at a brickworks in Marivan in western Iran. (Courtesy: IRIB English Radio – http://parstoday.com/en) and its working environment to the visitors.